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IRIS Undergraduate Summer Internship Program Kicks Off with Orientation at New Mexico Tech

The 2008 IRIS undergraduate
internship class kicked off their summer experiences by participating in a
week-long orientation, May 25-31, 2008. This program, held on the
campus of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT) and the IRIS
PASSCAL Instrument Center in Socorro, is designed to provide students with an introduction to some
of the most exciting aspects of modern seismology and to foster a strong sense
of community prior to sending them to their internship site to conduct their
summer research. The intensive week featured
introductions and activities using a variety of software applications commonly
used in seismological research, such as Unix, Matlab, GMT, and ProMax; field
trips to local sites of geologic interest; and lectures on selected topics, as
well as fun outings in the Socorro area.

Both
local and visiting seismologists conducted the orientation with local support
provided by the NMT Earth and Environmental Science Department. This year’s
orientation program agendaand laboratoryactivities (select the ‘Undergraduate’ category in the Audiences menu) can
be downloaded from our web site.

Name

Affiliation

Rick Aster

New Mexico Tech

Andy Frassetto

U. of Arizona

Andy Goodliffe

U. of Alabama

Cathy Snelson

New Mexico Tech

Seth Stein

Northwestern U.

This summer, 10
undergraduate students from 10 different universities are participating in the
Internship Program. With majors ranging from geophysics and geology to math and
physics, students are matched to seismology research projects with university
researchers from the IRIS Consortium. Students then spend the summer immersed
in their research project, whether it is out in the field or processing seismic
data in the lab. At the conclusion of the summer, students prepare and submit
abstracts of their work to a major scientific meeting for presentation later in
the year.

To learn more about the
IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program, to see a list of the 2008 students and
their projects, or to read the blogs of their experiences thus far, please
visit the internship website.